by Hennie Heymans | Oct 8, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1947 Royal Visit, 1966 Bush War / Coin, 6 SAI (Police Brigade), Amalgamation with SA Police, Burger Wacht (1652 onwards), Cape Colony Police, Cape Police (Pre-1910), CULTURE - PRESERVING, Durban City Police, German Southwest Africa, Natal Mounted Police 1874, Natal Police (Colonial), SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SAP Natal Division, SAP Pietermaritzburg, SAP SPECIAL TASK FORCES, SAP Transport & Animals, SAP Voertuie Vehicles, SAPS Railway Police, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Statute: Horses of the ABW - East London, Union Defence Force, Water Police Durban
Nongqai Vol 17 No 10 – (16) Potpourie: Oktober 2026 POTPOURIE: OKTOBER 2026 Hennie Heymans Excerpt: Photo album: The history of a country and its people is closely interwoven with its uniformed services. Tags: Wachthuis, Anglo Boer War, Monument for Horses...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 31, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Books by SAP Members, Camel Patrol in Kalahari 1930's, Cape Mounted Police, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Gen Louis Botha, IDB (Illicit Diamond Buying), INTELLIGENSIE-PERSOONLIKHEDE, Military History, Military Personalities, Military writers & authors, Nasionale Intelligensiediens [NI], National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Paul Els (military author), Police Camels / Polisie kamele, Pres PW Botha, SA Military History, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SA War Graves / SA Oorlogsgrafte, SANAB, SAP Alexanderbaai (Diamantveld), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Northern Cape Division (Kimberley), SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP South West Africa Division, SAP Transport & Animals, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), SOUTH AFRICA POLICE [SAP], SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, South West African Police (pre-SAP), Staatsveiligheidsraad, Tak Strategie, The "Reiterdenkmal" in Windhoek, The Equestrian Monument: Windhoek, Top Spies in the SAP (Jan Taillard), Union Defence Force (1912), Wartime Special Branch ("Political Detectives")
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (8) Kampvuurstories in Suidwes OM DIE KAMPVUUR: SAND, DIAMANTE, KAMELE EN SPIOENE ’n Vertelstyl‑Essay oor die Namib, die Sperrgebiet, Gordonia, die Polisie en die Geheimenisse van ’n Stil Woestyn-wêreld Hennie Heymans Dis storietyd om die vuur...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 22, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, 1966 Bush War / Coin, 1966 Ongulambashe, Academicians, African Battlegrounds, Deutsch Sûdwest Afrika (DSWA), Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs (RSA), Historical photos, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Ongulambashe, SA Dept of Foreign Affairs, SAP 1939 Nazi's in SWA interned, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP South West Africa Division, SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE [SADF], SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, The World Court, The World Court, The World Court: SWA
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – 1966 Wêreldhofuitspraak SWA Inleiding Suid-Afrika het Suidwes-Afrika – ’n mandaatgebied van die voormalige Volkebond – sedert die einde van die Eerste Wêreldoorlog geadministreer. In 1939 het die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie die gebied binnegegaan om...
by Rene Geyer | Jul 15, 2026 | 1st South African Infantry Brigade, Battle of the Somme, Delville Wood, First World War, SA Military History, South African Overseas Expeditionary Force
FROM SWAZILAND TO THE SOMME: PETRUS JACOBUS KOSTER AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR René Geyer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-7284 Abstract This article reconstructs the First World War service of Private Petrus Jacobus (Piet) Koster, my great-grandfather, and places his...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 8, 2026 | 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Medal), 1913 ZA Berede Skutters, 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1914 Rebellion, 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Anglo Boer War, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Military History, Natal Police (Colony), Roll of Honour - Ererol, SA Mounted Rifles / SA Berede Skutters, SA Police Medals, SAP Durban, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Port Natal Division, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Const WL Bos/ss ABSTRACT This article examines the complex service history of Constable William Lodewyk Bos/Boss, a member of the South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR) who later transferred to the South African Police (SAP). His career illustrates...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 11, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1914 Rebellion, Gen Louis Botha, General JC Smuts, SA Armoured Trains, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Hennie Heymans Contents Welcome Vol 1 No 1A 1 SOUTH AFRICA: ARMOURED AND SPECIAL TRAINS USED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND REBELLION BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SECURITY FORCES 3 1. Introduction: What is an armoured train? 3 1899 – 1902 Anglo Boer War 4 1906 Bambatha...
